A big thanks for the various informative videos. A quick question would you buy another Dynamax Isata 5 30FW Xplorer ???? Thanks for your timely response. Don
@donmanzano5716 yes under the right conditions. 1. If an aggressive discount was given (this should be the case currently) 2. If the slide out controls are updated to the auto controls (I believe Dynamax stated they were in the process of updating) 3. If they quit using the flexible plumbing water hoses (or use the proper connectors with them). The rest would be up to you on doing an extensive walk through and make sure everything is fixed (realistically this is hard to do because most buyers are eager to get it home, and the dealers never fix them in a timely fashion). I would factor in making a repair list and going back home and returning to inspect the repairs, but be prepared that all problems aren't fixed and repeat the process of making them repair again. In my opinion Dynamax has too many repair items that the dealer has to do and better quality control should fix that. My 2 cents.
If the proper caulk originally used it would not already be cracking. Flexible silicon caulk would last long. Find an appalling the high quality RV manufacturer with skimp a few pennies & use crap caulk.
I know you have put a lot of time and money in that coach, but after 60 years of RVing I hate to say it but that rig is a POS. The floor plan is also terrible for a Motorhome with slides. The travel access is especially bad with that bed design. I owned a 1995 Wnnebago Luxor DP for 17 years and i can count the numbef if issues i had on one hand ( all were very minor). I know almost all new rigs are junk and I'm sorry to have comment like this but I'd move on to a someting better made ( Renegade maybe) before that rig really sinks you.
Yes the floorplan is not very user friendly with the slides in. I've looked at Renegade but they don't have any floorplans I like, and I do not want a longer RV at this time. Buying a new RV these days is hard to justify with all the problems out there. Maybe I need to look at an older one.
I did check it out. It was pretty much identical to the Winnebago I had previously with the murphy bed. Nothing wrong with the floorplan but it the same I had but overall length longer. Same issue with Murphy bed not usable with slide in. Quality looked better on the Renegade though.
It’s amazing that with a new RV you seem to never run out of content.
All good DYI tips !
Thanks
I welcome running out of repair content lol.
nicely done. it is very important to use a wide bead of caulk. The wider the bead is, the more caulking material there is to stretch.
Good tip. I didn't know that , but it makes sense.
A big thanks for the various informative videos. A quick question would you buy another Dynamax Isata 5 30FW Xplorer ???? Thanks for your timely response. Don
@donmanzano5716 yes under the right conditions. 1. If an aggressive discount was given (this should be the case currently) 2. If the slide out controls are updated to the auto controls (I believe Dynamax stated they were in the process of updating) 3. If they quit using the flexible plumbing water hoses (or use the proper connectors with them). The rest would be up to you on doing an extensive walk through and make sure everything is fixed (realistically this is hard to do because most buyers are eager to get it home, and the dealers never fix them in a timely fashion). I would factor in making a repair list and going back home and returning to inspect the repairs, but be prepared that all problems aren't fixed and repeat the process of making them repair again. In my opinion Dynamax has too many repair items that the dealer has to do and better quality control should fix that. My 2 cents.
If the proper caulk originally used it would not already be cracking. Flexible silicon caulk would last long. Find an appalling the high quality RV manufacturer with skimp a few pennies & use crap caulk.
Can't disagree.
I know you have put a lot of time and money in that coach, but after 60 years of RVing I hate to say it but that rig is a POS. The floor plan is also terrible for a Motorhome with slides. The travel access is especially bad with that bed design. I owned a 1995 Wnnebago Luxor DP for 17 years and i can count the numbef if issues i had on one hand ( all were very minor). I know almost all new rigs are junk and I'm sorry to have comment like this but I'd move on to a someting better made ( Renegade maybe) before that rig really sinks you.
Yes the floorplan is not very user friendly with the slides in. I've looked at Renegade but they don't have any floorplans I like, and I do not want a longer RV at this time. Buying a new RV these days is hard to justify with all the problems out there. Maybe I need to look at an older one.
@rvlifediy The Renegade 30FW is smaller and the Floorplan is good
@@rvlifediy It's actually the Renegade Isata 5 30FW MODEL.
@@rvlifediy I can't keep all these models straight anymore. It's the veracruz 30 vrm
I did check it out. It was pretty much identical to the Winnebago I had previously with the murphy bed. Nothing wrong with the floorplan but it the same I had but overall length longer. Same issue with Murphy bed not usable with slide in. Quality looked better on the Renegade though.